Posted in Baking, Biscuits/Cookies, Chocolate, tagged biscuits, chocolate, cookies on August 7, 2011| 6 Comments »
These are chocolatey and melty-ey, especially in this weather (thanks for the help with the introduction, Mum!). They take about five minutes to throw together (after an initial panic about the dough never turning into dough) and twelve minutes to cook. Then you can cover them in melted chocolate and proceed to stuff your face, growling at anyone who attempts to approach the plate of biscuits. (more…)
Posted in Baking, Muffins, Strawberries, tagged cheesecake, muffins, strawberry on August 2, 2011| Leave a Comment »
I made another cake recipe of my very own! Look how soft and pillowy they look. They don’t make good pillows though, they squish and you end up with cream cheese on your face. (more…)
Posted in Baking, Cupcakes, tagged cupcakes, how to ice a cupcake like a rose, icing, rose icing cupcake, roses on July 31, 2011| 7 Comments »
Yesterday I had a lesson in icing cupcakes to look like roses from my sister-in-law (near enough :)), Claire (who runs her own cupcake business, Sweet Sugar Sixpence. Have a look!). (more…)
Posted in Baking, Chocolate, Sweets (fudge, truffles and candy), tagged baking, chocolate, fudge on July 30, 2011| 2 Comments »
Look! Fudge! I made this! With a sugar thermometer! It was stressful. But yummy. And now I can check it off my to do list. Hurray! (more…)
Posted in Baking, Bananas, Greek yoghurt, Leftover ingredients, Loaf cake, Mars bars, tagged baking, banana, loaf cake, mars bar on July 24, 2011| 8 Comments »
Yesterday, I made my own cake recipe. I have, in the past, taken other cake recipes and, say, added chocolate chips to it, or switched the type of sugar used. But this was actual flour, sugar, butter, etc. quantities. I was scared. What if it didn’t work? Cooking is about being creative, but cake making is about science and, well, I’m bad at science. But it worked! It worked! Look at it! All… cakey! (more…)
Posted in Baking, Sausages, Savoury, Snacks and sides, tagged baking, sausage, sausage rolls, snack on July 24, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Look at these. They lasted about 20 minutes. My nan has been making sausage rolls since I was very little and I don’t know how many times she’s been requested to make them over the years. They’re so good that I assumed they must be difficult to make, but, and it seems so obvious when you think about it, you only really need two ingredients and they can be ready to go in the oven in less than 15 minutes. (more…)
Posted in Bananas, Dessert, Leftover ingredients, Pie, tagged banoffee pie, chocolate, dessert, pie on July 24, 2011| 2 Comments »
Yep. Chocolate. Banoffee. Pie. Look at it. Don’t you just want to stick your face in it? Well, you shouldn’t. You’d have cream all over your face! It would be much more sensible to eat it with a spoon. (more…)
Posted in Baking, Creme fraiche, Muffins, tagged baking, fudge, muffins, vanilla on July 18, 2011| 1 Comment »
After coming back from my holiday not quite looking like Kelly Brook (because of eating things like this), I decided I needed to get fitter. My friend Emma, who is a lot fitter than me, kindly offered to go running with me twice a week before work. This means getting up at 6am (urgh) to run three miles (urgh). Horrible. So, to make it more bearable, we agreed that we would take it in turns to bring muffins in for a post-run reward. I know this may sound counter-productive, but you try running before most sane people get up. (more…)
Posted in Baking, Bananas, Cupcakes, Double cream, Egg yolks, Mascarpone, tagged banoffee, cupcakes, tiramisu on July 17, 2011| 1 Comment »
Did I mention my sister graduated last month? With a 2:1? She’s very smart. And here is another reason she’s smart: to celebrate, she requested Tiramisu and Banoffee cupcakes. Yum yum yum. (more…)
Posted in Baking, Berries, Cupcakes, Strawberries, tagged baking, berries, cupcakes, strawberries on July 16, 2011| 3 Comments »
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